{"id":2998,"date":"2021-01-18T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T03:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2021-01-24T19:31:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T01:31:48","slug":"redemption-and-holiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/redemption-and-holiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Redemption and Holiness&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3000 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mekudeshet-li.jpg?resize=170%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"165\" \/>In our Torah portion for this week (i.e., <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Bo\/bo.html\">parashat Bo<\/a>) we revisit the institution of the <em>Passover sacrifice<\/em> and the deliverance of the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt. Later in the Torah we read God&#8217;s reason for the redemption: \u201cFor I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall be holy, for I am holy&#8221; (Lev. 11:45). Because we are God\u2019s people, his redeemed children, we are made holy, just as God is holy (1 Pet. 1:15-16). Holiness, however, is not a matter of what you do (such as wrapping yourself in religious rituals) but instead is a matter of what you \u201callow\u201d to happen: You let go and allow yourself to be rescued and taken up from the \u201cdepths of Egypt\u201d to be with God. Holiness is something you receive by faith; it is a gift of being \u201cset apart\u201d to be sacred and beloved by God. Genuine holiness (i.e., <em>kedushah<\/em>) is connected with love and grace.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Hebrew, the word <em>kedushah<\/em> (\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4) means sanctity or \u201cset-apartness\u201d (other Hebrew words that use this root include <em>kadosh<\/em> (holy), <em>Kiddush<\/em> (sanctifying the wine), Kaddish (sanctifying the Name), <em>kiddushin<\/em> (the ring ceremony at a marriage), and so on). <em>Kadosh<\/em> connotes the sphere of the sacred that is radically separate from all that is sinful and profane. As such, it is lofty and elevated (Isa. 57:15), beyond all comparison and utterly unique (Isa. 40:25), entirely righteous (Isa. 5:16), glorious and awesome (Psalm 99:3), full of light and power (Isa. 10:7), and is chosen and favored as God\u2019s own (Ezek. 22:26).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lev11-45b-analysis.gif?resize=449%2C490&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2998-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lev11-45b-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lev11-45b-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lev11-45b-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/lev11-45b-lesson.pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lev. 11:45b Hebrew lesson card<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our Torah portion for this week (i.e., parashat Bo) we revisit the institution of the Passover sacrifice and the deliverance of the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt. 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